books (re)read in 2019 ✧ . * — the gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue by mackenzi lee
he raises his head. "you're nothing like your father, monty. for a start, you're far more decent than he is." i'm not sure how, after all the terrible things i've done, he can possibly mean that. "you might be the only person left on earth who thinks me decent." between us, i feel his knuckles brush mine. perhaps it's by chance, but it feels more like a question, and when i spread my fingers in answer, his hand slides into mine. "then everyone else doesn't know you.”








